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The powerful allure of the deep azure.

The universe’s greatest sinkholes have no trouble swallowing anything—except themselves.

Meet Xiaoice. She’s empathic, caring, and always available—just not human.

Lucas’ droids are halfway between human and inhuman, so we can both love and ignore them.

How online fear feeds political smear campaigns, stock market rumors, and ISIS propaganda.

Opposites attract. Or is it birds of a feather flock together? Our brains could be chaotic storms governed by strange attractors. Or is the chaos ungoverned, and less important than we think? When it comes to attraction, nothing is simple. 

From computational complexity to quantum mechanics.

Love notes and warning messages are buried in Earth’s frozen archive.

Ken Kraaijeveld unveils ancient secrets of seduction from the animal kingdom.